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Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by michaelbrave on Friday May 13, 2022 @12:05PM (#31369341)
Comparing him to Edison is appropriate I think, in both the good and bad ways that represents. I've also heard him compared with William C. Durant (Of GM circa 1910) which I think is also an appropriate comparison in both good and bad ways.
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Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by meetups323 on Friday May 13, 2022 @12:20PM (#31369519)
Penelope Scott's "Rät" [1] touches on this in a way I adore -

    So fuck your tunnels, fuck your cars, fuck your rockets, fuck your cars again
    You promised you'd be Tesla, but you're just another Edison
Been listening to this song on repeat as my FAANG exit date approaches.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpxT9TLGoLI

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Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by ineedasername on Friday May 13, 2022 @12:15PM (#31369445)
>Edison

I agree, and think of him in much the same was as I think of Edison. It's strange how polarizing a figure Musk is. It seems like a majority of people (or maybe a vocal minority) either want to attribute every single thing to his own personal genius, no help from others or good fortune. While others view everything he's accomplished as nothing more than luck born out on the backs of other people's labor. I don't know where the balance lies between those two extremes but I doubt that either one is very accurate.

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